IBM X3850 X6 User Manual

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2. Any virtual machines (VMs) running on the first server are evacuated and moved off to
another server (Figure 7-26).
Figure 7-26 UIM evacuates first servers VMs for updating
3. The server is taken off line and updates are applied.
4. After the updates are applied, the server is put back in the pool and workloads are
restored to the server.
5. The next server to be updated is evacuated of any running VMs which are moved to
another server (Figure 7-27).
Figure 7-27 UIM evacuates next servers VMs for updating
6. The server is taken off line and updates are applied.
7. After the updates are applied, the server is put back in the pool and workloads are
restored to the server.
8. The process repeats until all targeted machines are updated.
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IBM X3850 X6 Specifications

General

Chipset	Intel C602J
Network Controller	Integrated quad-port Gigabit Ethernet
Processor	Up to four Intel Xeon E7-4800 v2 series processors or Intel Xeon E7-8800 v2 series processors
Memory	Up to 6 TB of DDR3 ECC Registered DIMMs (RDIMMs) or Load-Reduced DIMMs (LRDIMMs)
Form Factor	4U rack server
Storage	Up to 24x 2.5" hot-swap SAS/SATA HDDs or SSDs
Expansion Slots	Up to 11 PCIe 3.0 slots
Power Supply	Up to four 1400W or 900W hot-swap power supplies
Memory Type	DDR3 RDIMM/LRDIMM
Storage Controller	ServeRAID M5210 SAS/SATA controller
RAID Support	RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60
Operating System Support	Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, VMware